Español Embracing the idea of open knowledge is a major opportunity for governments and public institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean to increase the impact of the resources they dedicate to producing knowledge, strengthen their ability to engage their citizens, and to gain new ideas. … [Read more...] about Disseminate that knowledge, it’s a public good!
How to
This tag brings together all the articles in Abierto al Público that provide "how-to" guidelines to achieve knowledge goals or to promote the dissemination of open knowledge. These are articles that facilitate the understanding of more complex topics related to open knowledge, and that present information in a timely and easy manner.
4 ways to transform failure into success
Español Organizations are increasingly realizing that they can learn more from mistakes than from successes, and yet, speaking of failure remains a taboo difficult to break. Some organizations such as Engineers without Borders, have moved ahead and explained publicly their failures. Why and how? Here I share some examples of how organizations can take advantage of failure. … [Read more...] about 4 ways to transform failure into success
How to transform implicit knowledge into open knowledge
Español Open knowledge isn’t all about access to statistics and data. It also about what drives day-to-day operations everywhere: experience and insight. In this post I will explain how to transform the know-how of your organization or community of peers into open knowledge, so it can be shared, adapted and applied by others. Know-how is a tricky thing. Everyone has it, … [Read more...] about How to transform implicit knowledge into open knowledge
5 tips to optimize your presence in Google
Español | Português Google Scholar brought a great revolution to the discovery of scientific articles. This tool indexes publications and academic materials (free and subscribed) from innumerous sources, making it easy the access to specialized literature. I am sure that most of you already know this platform and use it when you need to find academic references about … [Read more...] about 5 tips to optimize your presence in Google
10,000 shared stories of change with 1 toolkit
Español It is surprising that those who try to resolve basic but important social problems often lack the knowledge of how to scale up the solution found to a problem. Fortunately we are now witnessing the rise of new social movements that try to simplify and disseminate this kind of knowledge in the hope that solutions will snowball, reaching and being applied by more and … [Read more...] about 10,000 shared stories of change with 1 toolkit